Xiaohezhi Street should be one of the blocks with relatively complete overall traditional features in Hangzhou historical and cultural blocks

Xiaohezhi Street historical and cultural block is located in the north of Hangzhou, at the intersection of Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, Xiaohe River and Yuhang Tanghe River. It is bordered by Xiaohe in the east, Harmony Road in the west, Okawaji in the south and Changzheng Bridge Road in the north.

Xiaohe street historical and cultural block is centered on Xiaohe street, and the overall style and spatial characteristics of residential houses and shipping facilities distributed along canals and rivers are still basically preserved, with a certain scale, which should be one of the blocks with relatively complete overall traditional style in Hangzhou historical and cultural block. The neighborhood truly reflects the living environment of the lower class people along the canal in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, and retains a certain number of historical buildings. Its architectural features, street features and canal shipping relics still retain unique features. Since the Song Dynasty, this area has been an important area along the Canal. After the prosperity of the Republic of China, there are many types of historical sites left behind, and the historical and cultural connotations are rich and diverse.

Xiaohe street historical and cultural block is one of the important historical and cultural blocks that reflect the residential cultural life, productive labor culture and canal shipping culture of urban civilians in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. It is a historical and cultural block that mainly maintains the traditional residential and commercial functions, continues the local traditional culture of Hangzhou and displays the canal shipping culture, and integrates commercial, residential and leisure functions.

There are still some remains of ancient streets and lanes on both sides of the ancient Grand Canal, and Xiaohe Zhijie is a famous modern Jiangnan water town with a long ancient charm.

as early as the southern song dynasty, Xiaohe area was a distribution center for materials, a transshipment place for rivers and roads, and a reserve place for materials. In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, the river port wharf appeared full of vitality. In the middle and late Qing dynasty, it began to develop again, and restaurants, refreshments and department stores gradually emerged. Wine workshops, blacksmith shops, salt shops, rice mills, candle shops and other industries have taken root in Xiaohe area. As the most valuable historical information, the traditional residential buildings and shop buildings left by Xiaohe Zhijie at this stage are also the most important cultural elements.

as a typical water town residence built in the late Qing dynasty and the early Republic of China, Xiaohe residence belongs to the canal commercial port culture, that is, the pattern of one river and two streets. The first floor of the noodle street is a shop, and the second floor is a residence, which is a typical one. These houses are located on both sides of the straight street of Xiaohe River, along the southeast of Xiaohe River to the junction of the river port. There are a large row of wooden buildings, about 311 meters long, and narrow streets and lanes are sandwiched between them. Some residents along the river still have some public or private river piers.

The historical origin of Xiaohezhi Street can be traced back to the Southern Song Dynasty. The existing streets and lanes were rebuilt in the Republic of China, with a width of four to five meters and a length of several hundred meters.

With its unique geographical environment and humanistic customs, Xiaohe residential houses mark the historical information and life interest of Hangzhou, a famous cultural city.

Go north along Hushu North Road, cross Daguan Bridge, and see a two-story building with white walls, black tiles and wooden doors and windows, and you will arrive at Xiaohezhi Street.

the street is not long, about 1 kilometers, but the street is full of flavor, which is the charm of Xiaohe Zhijie. Most of the residents of Xiaohe Zhijie's ancestors were engaged in transportation and shipbuilding related to canal shipping. Houses and storefronts along the street mostly served the living needs of shipping workers at that time, such as pickles shops, barbershops and grocery stores.

With this comprehensive renovation, Xiaohezhi Street has retained the traditional mode of "going to bed after going to the shop" in the architectural appearance, and restored the old shops such as sauce garden, rice shop and hatchery.

when we went, there was a folk custom exhibition in the street, which was very lively, blowing sugar people, pulling large movies, doing magic tricks and weaving Hangzhou baskets. Go ahead, hoop workers are making rice barrels by hand. When elderly people come here, they must stop to see the strangeness. There is a big word "sauce" written at the door, which is the old sauce garden, with a row of vats for storing sauce. The sauce garden will reproduce the production process of sauce in the future, and freshly made soy sauce, bean paste, pickled radish and pickled melon can also be bought here.

In order to continue the traditional folk customs, Xiaohe Zhijie implemented the policy that the aborigines freely choose to move back. Yin Yafen, secretary of the community, said: "There are 285 indigenous families in Xiaohezhi Street. According to the survey, at least 61% of the residents want to move back. The fastest batch can stay in October next year. "

Chen Zhanghu, who is over p>71 years old, and his wife just want to go back to Xiaohezhi Street. Chen Laobo's transition room is in Bingxiang Lane, not far from Xiaohe Street. "I'll take a walk when I have time. Now it feels the same and very different from when I first lived more than 41 years ago."

Similarly, the houses on the street are still made of wood, and the ground is still made of bluestone. Passing through the wing, the back door is next to the laundry Taomi River pier paved with slate or pebbles, which is a familiar smell of old houses.

the difference is that the facilities in the house have been improved. Although the width of each wing below is less than 3 meters, it is eight or nine meters deep, which is found in the living room, bathroom and kitchen.

"In the past, neighbors basically emptied spittoons or toilets; When it rained heavily, the whole street was flooded. In the future, we will bid farewell to that history forever. "

On September 31th, rice, tea, sauce, wine and traditional crafts from the people reunited in Xiaohe Street. The news of the opening of Xiaohe Street has aroused great interest of the relocated households, who have come together to see their new homes. The 55-year-old Mr. Zhang found that the rice shop, cocoon shop, Buzhuang, Incubator, sauce garden and other shops on both sides of the street were still preserved a hundred years ago.

The history of Xiaohezhi Street can be traced back to the Southern Song Dynasty, when Xiaohe area became an important land and water transshipment place because of the canal. By the Qing Dynasty, the Xiaohe area was very prosperous, with many hatcheries, restaurants, rice shops and warehouses. Now, the buildings here were rebuilt during the Republic of China, with typical characteristics of water towns in the south of the Yangtze River and preserved intact Hangzhou folk customs. To protect the renovated Xiaohezhi Street, half of the original 286 households have moved to live in high-rise buildings, and the other half can return to their original homes recently. The renovation of Xiaohe Zhijie adopted the repair method of "wrapping the old with the new" to keep the old style of the houses as much as possible. On the basis of the old building, the fa? ade was restored and reinforced as it was, and the architectural elements such as carved wooden columns, lattice windows and wooden stairs were retained.

Grandma Zhao, who used to live under the Donghe River, told the reporter: "In the past, I used to collect the toilet by the sanitation truck every morning and emptied the toilet every day. When there is a typhoon, we are worried that the rain will leak and the house will fall down ... "A family of five has lived in a house of less than 51 square meters for 41 years. She said, "Now, we can live in a new house." When the reporter walked into the transformed grandma Zhao's house, he found that the old dilapidated house had become a two-story building with a wooden structure. With the total area unchanged, the internal structure was completely transformed, the sewage pipes were newly buried, the bathroom and kitchen were decorated, and the fire safety, heat insulation and moisture insulation, ventilation and exhaust of the old house were also considered.

The residential buildings in Xiaohezhi Street belong to the canal commercial port culture, maintaining the pattern of "one river and two streets", that is, the first floor of Mianjie Street is a shop and the second floor is a residence, which is a typical example of "going from shop to house". Nowadays, the custom museum, the exhibition room of canal culture, restored tea houses, restaurants and other shops have become a characteristic tourist area along the canal. In the future, tourists can take a boat to the pier of Xiaojie River to visit the local customs here. You can also come here by car and take a walk in the alley.